FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

CARESCAPE MONITOR B850

MDR report key: 8424033 · Received March 15, 2019

Report

Report Number
8424033
Event Type
Death
Date Received
March 15, 2019
Date of Event
February 25, 2019
Report Date
March 12, 2019
Manufacturer
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Product Code
MHX
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
OH
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

STAFF NOTICED PATIENT'S HEART RATE WAS 20-30 AND ASKED IF THE PATIENT WAS A DO-NOT-RESUSCITATE COMFORT CARE (DNRCC). I OVERHEARD THIS DISCUSSION AND WENT IN TO PATIENT'S ROOM WHERE I FOUND THE PATIENT TO BE IN PULSELESS ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY AND VOMITING AND IMMEDIATELY BEGUN CHEST COMPRESSIONS AND YELLED FOR CODE BLUE TO BE ACTIVATED. STAFF REVIEWED THE HEART RATE ALARM AFTER THE CODE BLUE AND IT APPEARED TO BE ON AND SET TO ALARM IF HEART RATE WENT BELOW 50.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
218876 CARESCAPE MONITOR B850 MONITOR, PHYSIOLOGICAL, PATIENT(WITH ARRHYTHMIA DETECTION OR ALARMS) MHX GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. CARESCAPE DI9KT

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 29930 DA Death